A research study records a score measuring Facebook use and a score measuring happiness level for each individual in a group of 20-year-old women. The study intends to determine whether there is a relationship between the two variables. This study is best characterized as ____ research
a. descriptive
b. correlational
c. experimental
d. nonexperimental
b
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Which of the following is true of the Hippocratics?
a. They encouraged the naturalistic treatment of physical illness but not mental illness. b. They encouraged the naturalistic treatment of mental illness but not physical illness. c. They encouraged the naturalistic treatment of both physical and mental illness. d. They encouraged the naturalistic treatment of neither physical nor mental illness.
A general process in which the repeated presentation of a stimulus leads to a gradual decrease in responding is termed:
A) habituation. B) classical conditioning. C) sensitization. D) association.
The emphasis on intimacy in adolescent friendships is best reflected in which of the following statements? More than younger children, adolescents
a. rate trust and loyalty as important to friendship. b. describe their friendships in terms of doing things together. c. like to hang out in groups. d. none of the above.
According to the article Attachment in Separation concerning divorced or separated mothers' interactions with their children, a baby may be comforted by a stranger but prefers the mother and returns to play in her presence
This baby characterizes the type of attachment called: (a) avoidant (b) secure (c) ambivalent (d) disorganized